There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Talk back to your internal critic. Train yourself to recognize and write downcritical thoughts as they go through your mind. Learn why these thoughts areuntrue and practice talking and writing back to them.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.