By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

You could forgive an enemy. It is harder to forgive yourself.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

The first duty of love is to listen.

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

You canobserve a lot by just watching.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

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