Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

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

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Success is often the result of taking a mis-step in the right direction.

If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

Now-a-days women don't hire domestic help-they marry it.

If Igive you an idea, and you give me an idea, we will each have two ideas.

A slyrabbit will have three openings to its den.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.