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

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

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.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

No strength within, no respect without.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

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