I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

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.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.