There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

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.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.