Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

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.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

We judge others by their behavior. We judge ourselves byour intentions.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.