Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

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

Fortunatelypsychoanalysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itselfstill remains a very effective therapist.

Let usnever negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Donot wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Happinessis the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a madand lamentable experiment.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.