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.

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.

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

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.