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

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

Science has achieved more for the emancipation of masses than the wisdom of sages.

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

Life is progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-voilent structure of society.