Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

Old fools are more foolish than you ones.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

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.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Humoris the affectionate communication of insight.

Toeffectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the waywe perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to ourcommunication with others.

He understands badly who listens badly.