Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

The fundamental concept in social science is Power, in thesame sense in which Energy is the fundamental concept in physics.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Within-groupconflict is always personal and emotional even if it begins with impersonalissues.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

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.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.