Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Flatteryis the infantry of negotiation.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

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.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.