The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

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.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

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

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.
One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.