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.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

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

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

The present is never a happy state to any being

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

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