Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your handand showing it to them!

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

Nothing has happend to you unless you make much of it.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

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.

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

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