You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

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.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

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

All thingsat first appear difficult.

Suspicion begets suspicion.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.