Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

Education is the chief defence of a Nation.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.