Genius is a long impatience.

To be preparedis half the victory.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Teaching may contribute to certain kinds of learning under certain circumstances.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

There are questions of real power and then there arequestions of phony authority. You have to break through the phony authorityto begin to fight the real questions of power.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

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.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.