Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Genius is a long impatience.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

My Strength is made perfect in weakness

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

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.

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.