I have never been able to conceive how any rational beingcould propose happiness to himself from the exercise of power over others.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

Stability is not immobility

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

The basic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

A person who talks about his Inferiors han't any.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.