Life imitates art far more that art imitates life.

The loftierthe building the deeper the foundation must be.

If youare planning on doing business with someone again, don't be too tough in thenegotiations. If you're going to skin a cat, don't keep it as a house cat.

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

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