Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

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

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.