Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Gossip is that which no one claims to like-but everybody enjoys.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.