People loan their trust, they don't give it.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Example is better than following it.

Symanpathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well

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.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Unselfishness is more paying,only people have not the patience to practice it.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.