Adversity introduces a man to himself.

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

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

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.

Most people suspended their judgement till somebody else has expressed his own and then they respect it.