There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

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

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

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.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

In aconflict, being willing to change allows you to move from a point of view toa viewing point a higher, moreexpansive place, from which you can see both sides.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

God has created the world in play.