Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

Pleasant words are the food of love.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

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.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

You can't unscramble an egg.

Life without the Courage is death for slavery.

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