Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

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

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.