A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

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

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

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

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.