Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Onlyfree men can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedomand mine cannot be separated.

The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Life, Like a child, laughs shaking its rattle of death as it runs.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

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

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.