Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Ignoring is not the same thing as being tolerant

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

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