Example is better than following it.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

In loving, you lean on some one to hold him up.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

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

Trust resides squarely between faith and doubt.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

The aim of education is not the specialist but the man of vision who can humanise our life by integrating emotional demands with our new knowledge