All bravery stands upon comparisons.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

When angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry ahundred.

Onemust talk little and listen much.

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.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

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

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Relationships of trust depend on our willingness to looknot only to our own interests, but also the interests of others.

The property of power is to protect.