Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.

Be notdisturbed at being misunderstood; be disturbed at not understanding.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

The comforter's head never aches.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

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.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.