Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.

No matterhow thin you make a pancake, it always has two sides.

Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and a blind can read.

A half truth is a whole lie.

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.

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

You're ina much better position to talk with people when they approach you than whenyou approach them.

A room without books is a body without soul

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.