The beginning of thought is in disagreement - not only with others but also with ourselves.

It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.

We usually see only the things we are looking for - so much so that we sometimes see them where they are not.

It has often been said that power corrupts. But it is perhaps equally important to realize that weakness, too, corrupts. Power corrupts the few, while weakness…

I once read somewhere that it's a sign of enlightenment to be able to hold two contradicting ideas in your head at the same time.

Ideas are invented only as correctives to the past. Through repeated rectifications of this kind one may hope to disengage an idea that is valid.

Man, unlike anything organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments. Ch…