Use softwords and hard arguments.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

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.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.