Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

Liberation is not deliverance.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

As long as there is life there is danger.

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.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

Too late is the medicine prepared, when the disease has strengthened by long delay.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.