Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.

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

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

Extremiststhink communication means agreeing with them.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

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

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.

Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

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