As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

Toevery answer you can find a new question.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Those who trust us educate us.

Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.

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.

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

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.