Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

There is a sweet joy that comes to us after sorrow.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

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.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.