Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

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.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

I know youbelieve you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realizethat what you heard isn't what I meant.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.

No strength within, no respect without.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.