Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holesare deep.

Ninety-ninepercent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings whichdevelop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

Pain is the outcome of sin.

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

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.