Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind

A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.

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.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

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

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.