I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

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 more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

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

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

COURAGE IS THE FLEEING FORWARD.

To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.