You gotto be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you mightnot get there.

One ofthe best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

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.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Knowledge leads to unity, ignorance to diversity.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

Neversay more than is necessary.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.