Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

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

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait until the deadline looms large.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

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 who truly knows has no occasion to shout

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.