The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Youdon't have to worry about being bit if the dog doesn't have any teeth.Success has made failures of many men.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

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

Themost important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how toget along with people.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.