Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

Enthusiasm sees only the down payment.

Don't wrestlea pig in a mud hole. You both get all dirty, and the pig enjoys it.

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

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.