The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

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

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

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

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.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.