Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

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.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Beon a horse when you go in search of a better one.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

you cannot establish sound security on borrowed money

Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.