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

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

Liberation is not deliverance.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Better hazard than always be in fear.

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

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.