Melancholy is the joy of being said.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

Habit: the shackles of the free

Sometimes the man of action is the fellow who has just got both his feat in hot water.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

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.

Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Long-rangeplanning works best in the short term.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.