Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

He whoangers you, conquers you.

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.

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

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

Humality is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost 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.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

You can't unscramble an egg.