Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

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.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

You can not help men permanantly by doing for them what they could do for themselves

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Symanpathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

Do notfind fault, find a remedy.