Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

Do we wish men to be virtuous? Then let us begin by making them love their country.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

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

The cause of liberty becomes a mockery if the price to be paid is the wholesale destruction of those who are to enjoy liberty.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.