Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

They mayforget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

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.

Are youreally listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.