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

He approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

Ialways cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think,well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a singlepolitical argument left.

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