A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

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.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Believing that soom good can be derived from every event is a better preposition than that everything happens for the best, which is assuredly does not.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.

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.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.