It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

Luck never mad a mad man wise

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

The World is but, a school of inquiry.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

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.

He understands badly who listens badly.

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

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.