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.

Laughter is shortest distance between two people.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Artists can color the sky red because they know its blue.those of us who are not artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we are stupid.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.