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.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Without dialogue there is no communication, without communication there is no true education.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.

Better hazard than always be in fear.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel