A leader is best when people barely know he exists...

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.

He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.

He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.

One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.

Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.

A leader is best when people ...