Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Laughter is shortest distance between two people.

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.