The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

They mayforget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

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.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.