At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

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.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Laughter is shortest distance between two people.

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.

No strength within, no respect without.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.