Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.