There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

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

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

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

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

Nature's instructions are always slow, those of men are generally premature.

Nature hasgiven men one tongue and two ears, that we may hear twice as much as wespeak.

Pain is the outcome of sin.

Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

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