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

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

Thedeeper the waters are, the more still they run.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

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

A room without books is a body without soul

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.

They know enough who know how to learn.