There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Nothing is a permanent except change.

When the eyes says one thing, and the tounge another, a practised man relise on the language of first.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

Fourthings come not back: the spoken word, the spent arrow, the past life, and theneglected opportunity.