Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

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.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

A caricature is always ture only for an instant.

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

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

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