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.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people