Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

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.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

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

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.