Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

The strongest is never strong enough to be always, the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.

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.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.