Peacecan not be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Ourlonging for understandingis Eternal.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

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.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important