Most people suspended their judgement till somebody else has expressed his own and then they respect 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.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

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

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.