Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

Neverdoubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change theworld. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

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

Unlessa man has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

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.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

The property of power is to protect.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.