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

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

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

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Ho puri dil ki har khwaish teri, Ho khushiyon bhara jahaan tera, Agar tu maange aasmaan ka ek taara, To khuda de-de tumko aasmaan saara.

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be won, through understanding. Our longingfor understandingis Eternal.

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

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Thesearch for someone to blame is always successful.

Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervades the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.