Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

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

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

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