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

If all those who speak would weigh their words, how light air would be!

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

The nice thing about meditation is it makes doing nothing quite respectable.

Where love rules, there is no will to power; and wherepower predominates, there love is lacking. The one is the shadow of theother.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Compromise.Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

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

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

Allthings at first appear difficult.

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.