A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

As long as there is life there is danger.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

When a man meets his mates society begins.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

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.

Don'tbargain for fish which are still in the water.

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience

The greatest prayer is patience.

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