Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

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

Liberation is not deliverance.

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

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Opportunity may be hard to recognize if you are only looking for a lucky break.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.