Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

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.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

.Oneshould count each day a separate life.

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

One cannot be precise and still be pure.