Myinterest is in the future because I'm going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

Nosnowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

Mistakes are to Life what shadows are to Light.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

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.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.