Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holesare deep.

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.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Speakwhen you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.