Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

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.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

No matter how good the idea of the other fellow may be, there is always a better one !

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

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