Power comes from sincere service

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

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.

Years wrinkle the face, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

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

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.