The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Peacecan not be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Ourlonging for understandingis Eternal.

It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Liberation is not deliverance.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

As long as there is life there is danger.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.