Politeness is the art of selecting among one's real thoughts.

It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

Centralization as a system is inconsistent with a non-voilent structure of society.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

Buying ischeaper than asking.

Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges