Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

Only the educated are free.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

The desire of appearing clever often prevents our becoming so.