Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

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.

It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

Nothing do I regret more in my student life that thay my teachers were not my friends

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

Habit: the shackles of the free

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.