Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Always the dullness of the fool is the whetstone of the wits

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

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

Inspiration comes of working every day.

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.

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.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...