Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did andit never will.

Almost all four faults are more pardonable than the methods we think up to hide them

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

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

Whospreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

If you truly want honesty, don't ask questions you don't really want the answer to.

To everyanswer you can find a new question.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

The present is never a happy state to any being

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.