Fortune makes a fool of him whom she favours too much

Thereward for always listening when you'd rather be talking is wisdom.

If wecannot end our differences at least we can make the world safe for diversity.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Trust begets trust and untrust begets untrust. It'snatural.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Two prisonerswhose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. Thewall is the thing which separates them but is also their means ofcommunication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Myinterest is in the future because I'm going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.