Liberation is not deliverance.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

The easiest,the most tempting, and the least creative response to conflict within anorganization is to pretend it does not exist.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Luck never mad a mad man wise

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.