Humality is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

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

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a questionremains a fool forever.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

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