Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

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

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

you can not strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

There is no passion in life as intense as the desire to change someone else's draft.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

What is well done is done soon enough.