Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

No nation is so poor that it cannot afford to gie free speech

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Thetime to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.

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.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.