Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

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 hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

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

Without dialogue there is no communication, without communication there is no true education.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.