Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

The man who says he's too old to learn new tricks probably always was.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

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.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Nostrength within, no respect without.