Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

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

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.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

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