The property of power is to protect.

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

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

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

If we shake hands with icy fingures, it is because we have burnt them so horribly before.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

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.

Man must not check reason by tradition, but must check tradition by reason.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable