Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Symanpathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

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

Inspiration comes of working every day.

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.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge