Sometimeswe have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have togrow to meet it.

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.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.