In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall 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.

A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

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

Conflictinvolves incompatible behaviors rather than competitive goals.

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.

He understands badly who listens badly.