Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

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

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Successdepends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sureto be failure.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

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