A man of courage is also full of faith.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

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.

The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Those who trust us educate us.

Inbusiness, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

Conflictleads to less-than-adequate performance, resentments, and lack of motivation.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.