Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

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.

To everyanswer you can find a new question.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

Well done is better than well said.