Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

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.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.