Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

Whoever does not know the truth is ignorant, but the one who knows the truth but denies is a criminal

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.