Speakwhen you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

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.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Only few men think, but all have opinions.

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.