Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

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...

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Somewherethere is a map of how it can be done.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

Distancedoesn't matter. It is only the first step that is difficult.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.