The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

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.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

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

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.