Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Takeyour life into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

A room without books is a body without soul

A wise man has great power, and a man of knowledgeincreases strength.

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.

Manners are the hypocrisy of a nation.

No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independet.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

When you ask from a stranger that which is of interest only to yourself, always enclose a stamp

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night's sleep, andyou can't settle anything until morning anyway.

Measurement of life should be rather proportioned to the intensity of experience than it's actual length.

The good neighbour looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human, and therefore, brothers.