To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.

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

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

Philosophy may describe unreason, as it may describe force; it cannot hope to refute them.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—andif I should request a negotiation from captivity they should consider that asign of duress.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable; those who are movable; and those who move.

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