He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

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.