The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

Itisn't that they can't see the solution. It's that they can't see the problem.

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.