Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

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.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.