Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

A manshould never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying,in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Let not thy will roar, when thy power can but whisper.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen