Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

Whenconflict becomes a win-lose contest in our minds, we immediately try to win.

Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved