Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Words should be scattered like seeds, no matter how small the seed may be, its it has one found favourable ground, it unfolds its strength.

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

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

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

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

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…

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.