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.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

If wemanage conflict constructively, we harness its energy for creativity and development.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Nothing is a permanent except change.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.