Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.

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

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

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

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

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.