By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

Habit: the shackles of the free

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

A room without books is a body without soul

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 matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.