Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Byblending the breath of the sun and the shade, true harmony comes into theworld.

Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

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 prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

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

Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.