A man is but a product of his thoughts; what he thinks, that he becomes

Jealousy arises from lack of Confidence, not in others, but in onself.

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

Thecourts of this country should not be the places where resolution of disputesbegins. They should be the places where the disputes end after alternativemethods of resolving disputes have been considered and tried.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

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

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

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.

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.