Thefire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

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

Thetrouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought ofyet.

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

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

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

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.