Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Tact is the ability to make a person see the lightning without letting him feel the bolt.

Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.

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

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Golf is an expensive way of playing marbles.

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

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

The great despisers are the greater reverers.