Optimists and pessimists have one fault in common: they are afraid of the truth.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

Let no one, then think lightly of the world, lest he be despising himself unawares

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

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

The Shortest distance between two jokes makess a perfect speech.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.