No one lies as much as the indignant do.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

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.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

Patience is the art of hoping.