He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

If youare 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.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

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

It's not only later than you think- it's sooner than you suspect.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come great harmony.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

All thingsat first appear difficult.