A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

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.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.