In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

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

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal.

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.