A man sits as many risks as he runs.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

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.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.