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

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.

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

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

Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

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 more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.