There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

No man is the whole himself; his friends are the rest of him.

It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.