The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

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.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.