Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

Ifpassion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

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.

Throughconflict we get to unity.

A half truth is a whole lie.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.