A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

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...

Whendealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic,but creatures of emotion.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.