Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

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

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Those who trust us educate us.

One of the function of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

Misfortuneis not that which can be avoided, but that which cannot.