In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

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.

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

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is god-like.

The work of an unknown good man is like a vein of water flow hidden underground, secretly making the ground greener.