A room without books is a body without soul

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

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.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see thegood.

They know enough who know how to learn.

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

Successis blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it ... Success is shy itwon't come out while you're watching.

Without dialogue there is no communication, without communication there is no true education.