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

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

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

The first duty of love is to listen.

Out ofthe fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man.

Nature gave women too much power; the law gives them too little.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Our faults irritate us most when we see them in others.

Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.