The fibers of all things have their tension and are strainedlike the strings of an instrument.

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

I'mjust preparing my impromptu remarks.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

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

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.