When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

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.

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.