If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

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.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.