Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

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

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

Let us nevernegotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.