People say law but they mean wealth.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Life, Like a child, laughs shaking its rattle of death as it runs.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

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.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.