If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

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

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

Responsibility is the high price of self-ownership.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.