The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

A Leader is a dealer in hope.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.