A man without imagination is like a bird without wings.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

People who fight with fire usually end up with ashes.

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

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.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.