The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

Without dialogue there is no communication, without communication there is no true education.

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

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

Thecorrect strategy for Americans negotiating with Japanese or other foreignclients is a Japanese strategy:ask questions. When you think you understand, ask more questions. Carefullyfeel for pressure points.If an impasse is reached, don't pressure. Sugges

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

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.

He whoangers you, conquers you.