It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Do notfind fault, find a remedy.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.

If an enemyis annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

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