The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

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.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.