It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

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

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

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

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

Neverdoubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change theworld. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

What is well done is done soon enough.

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.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.