Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticatedcommunication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Man's life would be wretched and confined if it were to missthe candid intimacy developed by mutual trust and esteem.

Originality is the art of Concealing your Source.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Ignorance is a bold, and knowledge reserved

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

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

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

Peaceis not the absence of conflict but the presence of creative alternatives forresponding to conflict alternatives to passive or aggressive responses,alternatives to violence.