Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

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

No onecan persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that canonly be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either byargument or emotional appeal.

Don'tthrow out the baby with the bath water.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

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

A good conscience is the best divinity.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

Life without the Courage is death for slavery.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.