Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

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.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

Themost important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

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