There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

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.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.