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.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Stoppingat third base adds no more to the score than striking out.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.