Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

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

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.

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Failingto plan is planning to fail.