Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

It'snot hard to make decisions when you know what your values are.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

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

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.

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.