When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holesare deep.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fateand captain of your soul.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.