Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

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.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

Neversay more than is necessary.