A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Luck never mad a mad man wise

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

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

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

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.

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

The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.