Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

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

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

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

Non-cooperationis a measure of discipline and sacrifice, and it demands respect for theopposite views.