Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

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.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Laughteris the shortest distance between two people.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.