A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

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.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

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

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.