One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

Allthings at first appear difficult.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Thewill to win is worthless if you do not have the will to prepare.
Beforeyou build a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

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

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.