Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Therecan be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. Hisinstinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, hemost illogically kicks up a row.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

Never play cat and mouse games if you are a mouse.

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

Buying ischeaper than asking.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.