One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

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

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

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.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.