Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

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

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

Donot wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.

Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.

Whenyou lose, don't lose the lesson.

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