True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

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

No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.