The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.