Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.

There is a sweet joy that comes to us after sorrow.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

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

Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?

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