Any general statement is like a cheque drawn on a bank. Its value depends on what is there to meet it.

People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

Imagination is useful as long as it remains practical.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

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

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

Nothing is a permanent except change.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom