Silencemay be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than tolisten to him?

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Malice drinketh its own poison.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

Failureto prepare is preparing to fail.

Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

A matter that becomes clear ceases to concern us.

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

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Nine times out of ten, we are disappointed in life because we don't ask enough of it.