To err is human; to forgive is divine pathway

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.

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

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.

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

Nothing is a permanent except change.