Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

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.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.