Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Don'tjudge a book by its cover.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

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.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.