To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Nothing do I regret more in my student life that thay my teachers were not my friends

Conflictlies at the core of innovation.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

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.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

If wecannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.