No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

When the eyes says one thing, and the tounge another, a practised man relise on the language of first.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

A good conscience is the best divinity.

It is a strange desire to seek power and to lose liberty,or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man's self.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.