The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

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 soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

They mayforget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.