Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

Deep-seatedpreferences cannot be argued about.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.

Be slow of tounge and quick of eye.

The laws of life are founded on necessity, its charms on the non-essentials.

Could agreater miracle take place than for us to look through each other’seyes for an instant?

It's notthe will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

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