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

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.

You can't unscramble an egg.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.