Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

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.

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Skill inthe art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He can accomplishnothing unless he can communicate effectively.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Theultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.