Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

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.

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination

The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

The cliche that education never ends virtually ensures that it does'nt begin.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.