Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

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.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.