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.

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

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.