To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

Firstkeep the peace within yourself, then you can alsobring peace to others.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

Myinterest is in the future because I'm going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

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

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.