A man, when he burns, leaves only a handful of ashes. woman can hold him. the wind must blow him away.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

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

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

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.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

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.

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

Think big, believe big and act big for gaining victory over your difficulties.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.