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

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

Liberty and democracy becomes unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.

There is no evil in the atoms, only in men's souls.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

Life only demands from you the strength you posses

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

Compromiseis never anything but an ignoble truce between the duty of a man and theterror of a coward.