Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

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.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.