To be wronged is nothing, unless you continue to remember it.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.