A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

The major cause of traffic accidents is that men put into their cars as much ego as petrol.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Adversity introduces a man to himself.

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.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

Wisdom requires that we pour a little oil of delicate courtesy on the wheels of friendship.

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.