The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

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

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.