It isn't important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

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

A good conscience is the best divinity.

Freedom demands respect for the freedom of others.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

You grow up the day you have first real laugh - at yourself

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.