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.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

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

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.