A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

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.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Instinct is the nose of the mind.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

No battle is more sorely lost that the one not fought

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Every man has the right to feel that "Because of me was the world created".

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.