What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.

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

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.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

True miracle are created by men when they use the courage and intelligence God has given him

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.