Liberation is not deliverance.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

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.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

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

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.