He whois unable to dance says the yard is stony.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

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.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

Nomatter how thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.