Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

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.

Buyingis cheaper than asking.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

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

Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken

There is something monstrous in commands couched in invented and unfamiliar language, an alien master is the worst of all. The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.