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

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Symanpathy is a supporting atmosphere, and in it we unfold easily and well

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

There is a sweet joy that comes to us after sorrow.