We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.