The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Wheneveryou're in conflict with someone, there is one factor that can make thedifference between damaging your relationship and deepening it. That factoris attitude.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

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

Miracles enables us to judge of doctrine and doctrine enable us to judge of miracles.

Those who trust us educate us.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.