A good conscience is the best divinity.

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.

People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.

Ability is poor men's wealth

Nostrength within, no respect without.

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Donot wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.