Agrievance is most poignant when almost redressed.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

A Leader is a dealer in hope.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

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

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

A quiettongue shows a wise head.

Sparrows who emulate peacocks are likely to break a thigh.