Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination

There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

It wasimpossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

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 gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holes are deep.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

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

A good conscience is the best divinity.

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

The difficulty of speeches is what you are perpetually poised between the ciche and the indiscretion