Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

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

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

The present is never a happy state to any being

Watching small men at work reconciles to the great.

There is no evil in the atoms, only in men's souls.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.