Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

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.

When a man meets his mates society begins.

Communicationis a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. Ifyou're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of everypart of your life.

The property of power is to protect.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.