Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

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

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

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 aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.