Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

If you follow me, I may lead you straight to hell, but ifyou trust me, I will lead you back out again.

God has created the world in play.

It is in our idleness, in our dreams, that submerged truth sometimes comes to top.

Let not thy will roar, when the power can but whisper.

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

A man has no ears for that to which experience has given no access.

One whodoes not look ahead remains behind.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Resolvingconflict is rarely about who is right. It is about acknowledgment andappreciation of differences.