The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion

Neversay more than is necessary.

Themost important trip you may take in life is meeting people half way.

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 deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Throughconflict we get to unity.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

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

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.