Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

How should the lamb negotiate with the lion.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

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.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Pleasant words are the food of love.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.