The property of power is to protect.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

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 ishard to change our point of view in a conflict. Most often, it is because weare not nearly as interested in resolving the conflict and possibly creatinga new ‘pearl’ as we are in being right.

In art, as in love, instinct is enogh.

Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free