The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

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

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

No one wouldtalk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.