A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

When indoubt, ask. When not in doubt, ask. If you are not in doubt, you may bekidding yourself.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Learning is the property of those who fear to do disagreeable things.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

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

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Pleasant words are the food of love.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.