The tormentof human

The tormentof human
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.
  

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Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.
Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
A barking dog is often more useful than a sleeping lion.
Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.
It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.
Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.
Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.
He whoangers you, conquers you.
Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.
Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.
A happy family is but an earlier heaven.