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.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Words should be scattered like seeds, no matter how small the seed may be, its it has one found favourable ground, it unfolds its strength.

The hero's tomb is the cradle of the people

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour

The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

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

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.