Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

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

Non-cooperationis a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for theopposite views.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

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.