It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

... 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

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Our errors are steps on the way.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.