Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Melancholy is the joy of being said.

Livingwith integrity means: not settling for less than what you know you deserve inyour relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speakingyour truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in waysthat are in harmony

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

Humour is emotional chaos remembered in tranquility.