It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

Another form of wastefulness is expenditure of words beyond the income of ideas.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

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.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Humality is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.