The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

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

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Jealousy arises from lack of Confidence, not in others, but in onself.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

The more we see, the more we shall be able to imagine, and the more we imagine, the more we must think we see.

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.