There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

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

Make the best use of what is in your power, and take therest as it happens.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

The property of power is to protect.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony