Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

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

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.

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

You can't change people, but you can channel them your way.

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.

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.