Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

They mayforget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

Glory is a poison that can only be taken in small doses.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

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

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.