Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di