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.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequnces. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

A bad workman never gets a good tool.

Prayer changes things by changing people.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

Fortunatelypsychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itselfstill remains a very effective therapist.