Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Throughconflict we get to unity.

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.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

The cliche that education never ends virtually ensures that it does'nt begin.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.