Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

Everytime we read, a seed is sown for the future.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

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.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

A caricature is always ture only for an instant.