Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

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 greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!