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

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Whenpeople say women can’t be trusted because they cycle every month, myresponse is that men cycle every day, so they should only be allowed tonegotiate peace treaties in the evening.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

To teach isto learn twice.

It'snot the will to win, but the will to prepare to win that makes thedifference.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Ittakes time to save time.

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

Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.