Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

We areall inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

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

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

Religion is behaviour and not mere belief.

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.