It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

Patience is the art of hoping.

When you are feeling stressed and about to breakdown, just remember: STRESSED is just DESSERTS spelled backwards.. it's a piece of cake!

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

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 thingsat first appear difficult.