The amount of effort put into a campaign by a worker expands in proportion to the personal benefits that he will derive from his party's victory.

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

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.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Timinghas a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

Dig a well before you are thirsty.