The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Negotiatingin the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties are more anxious to agreethan to disagree.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Weagree completely on everything, including the fact we don't see eye to eye.

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

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.

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.