Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

It seemedrather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, weoften suffer from a shortage of listeners.