The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

There isnothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries than anagreement.

You can not do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Maturityis the capacity to endure uncertainty.

Tolerance that accepts merits as the most natural thing in World is the highest applause.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.