The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

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.

So longas a man is angry he cannot be in the right.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

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

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.