Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

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.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.