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.

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

The major cause of traffic accidents is that men put into their cars as much ego as petrol.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

Talentalone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at theright time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are youready?'

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.