It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

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

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

A language is like living skin itself.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.