Outside noisy, inside empty.

As long as there is life there is danger.

Miracles enables us to judge of doctrine and doctrine enable us to judge of miracles.

Freedom to learn is the first necessity of guaranteeing that man himself shall be self-reliant enough to be free

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.

A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn't care. Momentum is wht it wants to gather.

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.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.

To beprepared is half the victory.