Nothing do I regret more in my student life that thay my teachers were not my friends

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

Prayer changes things by changing people.

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.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Peacecan not be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Ourlonging for understandingis Eternal.

By tryingoften, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.