Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Life without the Courage is death for slavery.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

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.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

No manever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greaterto himself .

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.

Mandoes not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eatthem.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.