He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

He whohurries cannot walk with dignity.

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.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.