It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Don'twrestle a pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

It is throughcooperation, rather than conflict, that your greatest successes will bederived.

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.