Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

Ignorance is a form of environmental pollution.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.