There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

Badplanning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

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

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay, falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.