As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

You don'thave to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth. Success hasmade failures of many men.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

None but the productive can be strong; and none but the strong can be free.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

We willbe known by the tracks we leave behind.

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.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.