A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

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.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.

They mayforget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.