No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

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.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

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

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

There is sweet joy that comes to us that comes to us after sorrow.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.