Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

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.

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

True miracle are created by men when they use the courage and intelligence God has given him

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.