Usesoft words and hard arguments.

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.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

Peopleshould talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speechaltogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to sayvisually.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

The great advantage of a hotel is that it's a refuge from home life.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.