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

you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Never answer a letter while you are angry.

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

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.