Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

Mostpeople I ask little from. I try to give them much, and expect nothing inreturn and I do very well in the bargain.

No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

The present is never a happy state to any being

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

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

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

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.