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.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

Most people suspended their judgement till somebody else has expressed his own and then they respect it.

Myinterest is in the future because I'm going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.