It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Only the educated are free.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

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

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

Bytrying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.