There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.