It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

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.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.