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.

Stability is not immobility

Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal