The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Everytime we read, a seed is sown for the future.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

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

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.