A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

The great essentials of happiness are: something to do,something to love and something to hope for.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

Treatpeople as if they were, what they ought to be andyou help them become what they are capable of being.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

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

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

To everyanswer you can find a new question.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarilybased on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.