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

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Nations get as good or as bad a government as they deserve.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.

Power is a little like alcohol: the faster it is consumed, the more quickly it affects the brain.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

The purpose of getting power is to be able to give itaway.

Greatideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

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

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