Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

A critic is a man who knows the way but can't drive the car.

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Every advantage has its tax

Silenceis foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

Chances happens to all, but to turn chance to reality is the gift of the few.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself.

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.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.