Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

Some People strengthen the society just by being the kind of people they are.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

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.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.