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

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

A woman has reached reaal women's-lib status when she is the one who forgers the wedding Aniversary

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.

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

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.