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.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.

Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment

Suspicion begets suspicion.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.