When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

Pain is the outcome of sin.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

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.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.