Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

A half truth is a whole lie.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Our longingfor understandingis Eternal.

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.

You can't unscramble an egg.

Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

Neverdoubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change theworld. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.