The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

Fate chooses our relatives, We choose our friends.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Whenthere is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

What wesee depends mainly on what we look for.

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Power never takes a back step only in the face of morepower.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.