It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed thanto be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

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.

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

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

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

You can't unscramble an egg.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes