To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

If pain could have cured us, we should have long ago been saved.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

Experience keeps a dear school, but tools will learn in no other.

If error is corrected whenever it is recognized as such,the path of error is the path of truth.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.

He understands badly who listens badly.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

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

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.