Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

The present is never a happy state to any being

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Whenmen and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons arealways different.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.

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.

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

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

Consistencyrequires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Given afair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high,not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whateverterms are offered us? No.