To know how to free oneself is nothing: the arduous thing is to know what to do with one's freedom.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

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

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Remembernot only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficultstill, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Out of the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Our power is in our ability to decide.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.