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.

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

You can't unscramble an egg.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.