Anempty sack cannot stand up.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

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.

Bekind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

Twoprisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on thewall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

To err is human; to forgive is divine pathway

Whenyou're at the edge of a cliff, sometimes progress is a step backwards.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.