A quiettongue shows a wise head.

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

A language is like living skin itself.

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 work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.