Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

A goodlistener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

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

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's moretrue that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted byother things than power.

Freedom can only be real if it is freedom for those think differently.

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

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.