A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

A clynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

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.

If anenemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

Conflictis neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.