Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

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

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

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

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

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

To understand everything is to forgive everything.