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

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

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.

Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

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.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

Life without the Courage is death for slavery.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.