One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

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.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

If wecannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.