Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

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

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Thebasic building block of good communications is the feeling that every humanbeing is unique and of value.

The major cause of traffic accidents is that men put into their cars as much ego as petrol.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

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.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.

Don'tuse a lot where a little will do.