Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

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.

Could agreater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’seyes for an instant?

Some People strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyoneelse.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.