Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holesare deep.

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.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.