Manyspeak much who cannot speak well.

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.

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Non-cooperationis a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for theopposite views.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

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

Theproblem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.