Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

You canobserve a lot by just watching.

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Inbusiness, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

Everyoneis kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

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.