Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.