Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Prayrer changes things by changing people.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

The good rain like a bad preacher, does not know when to leave off.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him