you cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiatives and independence.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

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

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.