Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

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.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

When people prophesy, they generally makes the mistake of transforming the past to future.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

So longas a man is angry he cannot be in the right.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Few things help an individual more than to placeresponsibility upon him, and to let him know that you trust him.