Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Liberation is not deliverance.

Most people suspended their judgement till somebody else has expressed his own and then they respect it.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.