Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

The greatest job of teachers is to cultivate talent until it ripens for the public to reap its bounty.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

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.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

Onemust talk little and listen much.