Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

The hand of liberty is stronger than arms of power.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

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

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.