Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

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.

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

Nothing is a permanent except change.

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.