Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.

Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

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 person who talks about his Inferiors han't any.

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.