The possession of power over others in inherently destructiveboth to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Quarrelsend, but words once spoken never die.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

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

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

Humour is a hole that lets the sawdust out of a stuffed shirt.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

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

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

Thedifficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather toknow it.

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.