Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

Usesoft words and hard arguments.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.

When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.

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

Life is no brief candle- it's a splendid torch!

A danger forseen is half avoided.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocencethis side of the womb.

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

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.