Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

Stability is not immobility

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

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.

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