Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

I think I could sum up my position on this with therecitation of a brief Russian proverb ‘Doveryai no Proveryai.’ Itmeans trust but verify.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

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

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou