A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

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

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

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.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

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

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.