Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

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.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.