We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Of all human foibles love of living is the most powerful.

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

The Older I get, the more I judge people by their character and not by their ideas.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

Don't be took quick to belive anything you read.

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.

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

Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.