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.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

Acreaking door hangs long on its hinges.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

You must remember that all work is simply to bring out the power of the mind which is already there to wake up the soul.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.