Our power is in our ability to decide.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

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.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

Every man has the right to feel that "Because of me was the world created".

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

The man with the new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.