Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

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.

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

.Oneshould count each day a separate life.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

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

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.