Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Fromlittle acorns mighty oaks do grow.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

He whocannot cut the bread evenly cannot get on well with people.