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

What dowe live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

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

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.