Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

In Prayer it is better to have a Heart without Words than words without a Heart.

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables himto do easily some feat impossible to any other.

Tobelieve in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

To pushadvantages too far is neither generous nor just.

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

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.