We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

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

Whodigs a pit for others will fall in themselves.

To teach isto learn twice.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

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

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.