It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

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

They mayforget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

All thingsat first appear difficult.