A good conscience is the best divinity.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

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.

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

Usenon-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S =Smile, O = Open, Posture, F = Forward Lean, T = Touch, E = Eye Contact, N =Nod.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-voilent structure of society.