Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

The desire for change is a sign of safety.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Oursubconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes, and cannot tell thedifference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What wecontinually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

A roundegg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harshaccording to how you speak them.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.