Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Afanatic is a person who can’t change his mind and won’t change.

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

The Shortest distance between two jokes makess a perfect speech.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

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.