Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

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

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

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.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

Our distrust is very expensive.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.