Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

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.

So longas a man is angry he cannot be in the right.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.