When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

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

Happiness is the art of making a bouquet of those flowers within reach.

Faith is continuation of reason.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Considerhow hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chanceyou have in trying to change others.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

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

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

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

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.