To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

To effectivelycommunicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceivethe world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication withothers.

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

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.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Buying ischeaper than asking.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.