Be your own judge and you will be happy.

Before following a leader, it's wise to see if he's headed in the right direction.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Allmarried couples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art ofmaking love. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Goodbattle is healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle ofequal partnership.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.