Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

Education is the chief defence of a Nation.

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.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

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

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

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

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state that cunning men pass for wise.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.