No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

I’mwillin’ for any solution — religious, political. I’m not going to keepofferin’ to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

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.

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.