Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

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

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

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

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.