Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

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

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

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.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

Who digs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

Thesingle most powerful tool for winning a negotiation is the ability to get upand walk away from the table without a deal.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

A man'sconversation is the mirror of his thoughts.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.