Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

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.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.