Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

There is sweet joy that comes to us that comes to us after sorrow.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us,that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

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

Every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment

Beholdthe turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

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

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.