What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

Prayrer changes things by changing people.

One should never rub bottoms with a porcupine.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

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