Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

Peopleshould talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speechaltogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to sayvisually.

Nothing is a permanent except change.

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.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

If twopeople on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If theydisagree all the time, then both are useless.

Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

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

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.