All thingsat first appear difficult.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.

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

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

There are two kind of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. try to be in the first group; there is a less competition there.

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 fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.