As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

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.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment

We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.