Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

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

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.