When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

There is a sweet joy that comes to us after sorrow.

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

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.

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.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Well-managed,cooperative conflict contributes to the productivity and innovativeness oforganizations and the competence and well-being of people.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.