Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

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

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

If speakingis silver, then listening is gold.