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

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

You grow up the day you have first real laugh - at yourself

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Remember when feminisit movements were something men gathered on street corners to admire as the girls strolled by

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

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.

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.