We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

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.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'