Men are especially intolerant of serving and being ruled by, their equals.

The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.

The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.

If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.

No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.

Reason connot defeat emotion, an emotion can only be displaced or overcome by a stronger emotion.

Nothing in nature is by chance... Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.

The more clearly you understand yourself and your emotions, the more you become a lover of what is.

Men believe themselves to be free, simply because they are conscious of their actions, and unconscious of the causes whereby those actions are determined.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, it to understand things by intuition.

An ounce of wisdom is worth more than a pound of knowledge.

Magic is the fifth fundamental force and is even more mysterious than gravity, which is really saying something.

For the minority, what else is democracy than dictatorship?

Fill the cup of happiness for others and there will be enough overflowing to fill yours to the brim.

Lies hurt people; imagination makes life more fun.

Civilization changes man on the outside. Meditation softens him within, through and through.

Workers, black and white, need some kind of international affirmative action to protect them from unfair competition with unorganized or slave labor abroad and unfair competition with robots at home.

You have to believe that things can be bigger than what you see in front of you in order to move forward.

The secret of all power is - save your force. If you want high pressure you must choke off waste.

Persistence is incredibly important. Persistence proves to the person you're trying to reach that you're passionate about something, that you really want something.