It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

As long as there is life there is danger.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

To exaggrerate is to weaken.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

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.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.