Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

There is no evil in the atoms, only in men's souls.

Whoeverhas the mind to fight has broken his connection with the universe. If you tryto dominate people you are already defeated. We study how to resolveconflict, not how to start it.

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

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

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.