Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.

He whotalks incessantly, talks nonsense.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

The lust for power in dominating others inflames the heartmore than any other passion.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.

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

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

I'vealways felt that a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the numberof conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the sametopic.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

Not work, but the thought that he must work is what makes the lazy man tired.