Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

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.

Action may not always bring Happiness, but there is no happiness without Action.

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

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

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

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