The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

The Shortest distance between two jokes makess a perfect speech.