Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

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

We knowwhat happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

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.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

If Ishould ever be captured, I want no negotiation—and if I should request anegotiation from captivity they should consider that a sign of duress.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

There's no point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.