When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

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.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

Throughconflict we get to unity.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.