Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

To teach isto learn twice.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

There is no evil in the atoms, only in men's souls.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.