Humality is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

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.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Inspiration comes of working every day.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

EDUCATION BEGINS WITH LIFE.