Labour with what zeal we will. Something still remains undone.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

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.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

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