A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

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.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution.

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.