If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.

Be your own judge and you will be happy.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.

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

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

A goodpreparation takes longer than the delivery.

Fools rush in where fools have been before.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

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