Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

The average man’s life consists of: Twenty years of having his mother ask him where he is going, Forty years of having his wife ask the same question; and at the end, the mourners wondering too.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

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

An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel

What we seek we shall find, what we flee from flee from us.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

The soul would have no rainbow, if the eyes had no tears.