Who can say more than rich praise, that you alone are you?

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

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.

Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.

Constant repetition carries conviction.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.