Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

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.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Power comes from sincere service

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

Do notfind fault, find a remedy.