Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

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.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Health and Cheerfulness mutually begets each other.