We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

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

People say law but they mean wealth.

COURAGE IS THE FLEEING FORWARD.

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

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.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

To everyanswer you can find a new question.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in theservice of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I amafraid.