It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

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.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.