To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it;to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Wordsare, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

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