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

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

My greenthumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to seethings from the plant's point of view.

Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.