Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Every advantage has its tax

Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage and you prepare your own limbs to wear them.

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.