The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

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.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

So longas a man is angry he cannot be in the right.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

Cooperativeconflict builds people up, strengthens their relationships, and gets thingsdone.