Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Pleasant words are the food of love.

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

All that is sometimes needed to make you content with you lot is a bad dream.

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

Donot wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.

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...

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.