Voilence is a Just when kindness is vain

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength andpotency to accomplish something. It is the vital energy to make choices anddecisions. It also includes the capacity to overcome deeply embedded habitsand to cultivate higher, more effective ones.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

A caricature is always ture only for an instant.

What matter is not to add years to your life but to add life to your years.

The difficultpart in an argument is not to defend one's opinion, but rather to know it.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.