Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

The planers do not make or mar our destiny. we are the makers of our destiny.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

He whoangers you, conquers you.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

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.

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

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

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.