Successis blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it ... Success is shy itwon't come out while you're watching.

Faith is continuation of reason.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

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.

Well done is better than well said.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.