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.

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.