Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

Everything has it's beauty, but not every one sees it.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

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.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

Necessity truns lion into fox.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.