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

An individual without information can't takeresponsibility. An individual with information can't help but takeresponsibility.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fateand captain of your soul.

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.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

Badplanning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

A state with defective laws will have defective morals.