I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

We willbe known by the tracks we leave behind.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

Whenanger comes, wisdom goes.

Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

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

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.