He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

The most exquisite paradox… as soon as you give itall up, you can have it all. As long as you want power, you can't have it.The minute you don't want power, you'll have more than you ever dreamedpossible.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

Since God made us to be originals, why stoop to be a copy?

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant