Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

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.

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

Laughter is shortest distance between two people.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.