Law is order in liberty, and without order liberty is social chaos.

"Terrorism" is what we call the violence of the weak, and we condemn it; "war" is what we call the violence of the strong, and we glorify it.

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?

The truest test of independent judgment is being able to dislike someone who admires us, and to admire someone who dislikes us.

Any philosophy that can be put in a nutshell belongs there.

It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others.

Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage.