Throughconflict we get to unity.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

He understands badly who listens badly.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

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.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.