Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

It ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

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.

Thereare two sides to every question.

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

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.