At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

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

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

Between friends there is no need of Justice.