The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

There is sweet joy that comes to us that comes to us after sorrow.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

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.

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Peopleshould talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speechaltogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to sayvisually.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

Only the educated are free.

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.