Men of thought seldom work well together, whereas between men of action there is usually an easy camaraderie.

To believe that if only we had this or that we would be happy, or to pursue any excessive desire, diverts us from seeing that happiness depends on an adequate self.

With some people solitariness is an escape not from others but from themselves. For they see in the eyes of others only a reflection of themselves.

We can remember minutely and precisely only the things which never really happened to us.

It is thus with most of us; we are what other people say we are. We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay.

Facts are counterrevolutionary.

Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.