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

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Thereare two sides to every question.

It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

... 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

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Nothing would be done at all if a man waited till he could do it so well that no one could find fault with it

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

The compromisewill always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.