Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

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.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see thegood.

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.