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.

Our distrust is very expensive.

Humoris the affectionate communication of insight.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

Stability is not immobility

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

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

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.