Do not despair, not even over the fact that you don't despair.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

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

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

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

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

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

Nothingso completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, thanstraightforward and simple integrity in another.

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

Bring ideas in and treat them royally,for one of them may be the king.