Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

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.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

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.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.