The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

Silenceis argument carried out by other means.

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.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.