No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

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.

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.