Youcan't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

All your fingernails grow with no convenient speed except broken one.

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.

A room without books is a body without soul

Beforeeverything else, getting ready is the secret to success.

You may give gifts without caring, but you can't care without giving

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

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

The desire for change is a sign of safety.