Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

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.

Non-cooperationis a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for theopposite views.

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Alexander's last wrds: Bury my body, dont build any monument. Kip my hand outside,so dat d wrld knws,who won th wrld had noting in hand wen dyin.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination