Theeasiest, the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflictwithin an organization is to pretend it does notexist.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Theability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

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

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

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.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.