Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable