Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp