The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Fortunatelypsychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itselfstill remains a very effective therapist.

Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

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.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.