The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Ifanyone is not willing to accept your point of view, try to see his point of view.

Neverdoubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change theworld. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

A room without books is a body without soul

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

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.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.