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.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

I willprepare and some day my chance will come.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.