The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

It isthrough cooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes willbe derived.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

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.

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

Hold a true friend with both your hands.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

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

Miracles enables us to judge of doctrine and doctrine enable us to judge of miracles.