A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

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.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

The real great man is the man who makes every man feel great.

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.