You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Pain is the outcome of sin.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

Nothingstrengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individualresponsibility.

It isnot necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.

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

A room without books is a body without soul

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Don'tbe afraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.