I am atpeace with God. My conflict is with man.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

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.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.