Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

Personal responsibility is too fiscal accountability as lovemaking is to a gynaecological examination

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

One person with a belief is a social power equal to nintynine who have only interest.

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.

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

Much learning does not teach understanding.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Happiness is a choice that requires affort at times.