Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

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.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

Now-a-days women don't hire domestic help-they marry it.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

Our errors are steps on the way.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.