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

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Informationis a negotiator's greatest weapon.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

Effectivecommunication is 20 percent what you know and 80 percent how you feel aboutwhat you know.

Thereverse side also has a reverse side.

Parents these days scarcely bring up children; they finance them.

Nothing lays itself open to the change of exaggeration more than the language of naked truth.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.