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.

When weblame, we give away our power.

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid