The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Those who trust us educate us.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

The wise man learns more from his enemies than the fool does from his friends.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

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

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.