Allthings at first appear difficult.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

You can't unscramble an egg.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

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.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.