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.

Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

There is no comparison between that which is last by not succeding and that what is last by not trying.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

The first duty of love is to listen.