The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

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.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

Faith is continuation of reason.