We arethe prisoners of ideas.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

Man is born free, and everywhere is is in chains

He that can't endure the bad, will not live to see thegood.

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

They know enough who know how to learn.

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

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

Thepeople to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagreewith you and are too cowardly to let you know.

Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived