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 ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

A bad workman never gets a good tool.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

Theultimate test of a relationship is to disagree but hold hands.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.