Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

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.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

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

Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.