A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

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

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

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.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.