Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

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.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people angry enough to do something about it

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

Power comes from sincere service

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.