No one is free who does not Lord over himself.

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

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,

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.