The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

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.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escapea hundred days of sorrow.