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

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Humality is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

Thework will teach you how to do it.

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