Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

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

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

Tolerance that accepts merits as the most natural thing in World is the highest applause.

No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

Decisionis the spark that ignites action. Until a decision is made, nothinghappens.... Decision is the courageous facing of issues, knowing that if theyare not faced, problems will remain forever unanswered.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.