The exercise of

The exercise of
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.
  

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To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
We make our friends, we make our enemies, but God makes our next-door neighbours.
In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.
Failingto plan is planning to fail.
I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.
Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.
Words should be scattered like seeds, no matter how small the seed may be, its it has one found favourable ground, it unfolds its strength.
Everything has it's beauty, but not every one sees it.
Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.
Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.
The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.
I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him