Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

Tell meand I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'llunderstand.

My Strength is made perfect in weakness

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

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