Oursubconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes, and cannot tell thedifference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What wecontinually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

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.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

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.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

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

Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.