It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Evil communication corrupt good manners.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

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.

Of all the ways to make your fortune the quickest and the best is to make people see clearly how much is your success is in there interest

You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you willlive in torment if you don't trust enough.

Drowning problems in an ocean of information is not the same as solving them.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

Skill inthe art of communication is crucial to a leader's success. He can accomplishnothing unless he can communicate effectively.