A status symbol is an instrument you clash when you want someone to know you are there.

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

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

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

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.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned