Ability is poor men's wealth

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.

Itis all right if you talk to yourself. It is all right if you answer yourself.But when you start disagreeing with the answers, you've got a problem.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

A man of great common sense and good taste-meaning there a man without originality or moral courage.

Truthsprings from argument amongst friends.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges