Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

The present is never a happy state to any being

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

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

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

The more you seat in peace, the less you bleed in war

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags