Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

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

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

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

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

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

Dig a well before you are thirsty.

I'm nota combative person. My long experience has taught me to resolve conflict byraising the issues before I or others burn their boats.