Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

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.

Now-a-days women don't hire domestic help-they marry it.

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

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

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Our fear of disasters that may never happen robs us of the courage to meet the ills that do occur