Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

Whoever is winning the race will always seem to be invincible.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Our power is in our ability to decide.