Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

Thefirst principle of contract negotiation is don'tremind them of what you did in the past; tell them what you're going to do inthe future.

Our errors are steps on the way.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

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

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.