We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

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

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

A happy family is but an earlier heaven.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

One hallmark of freedom is the sound of laughter.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.