The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

A smallbenefit obtained is better than a great one in expectation.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

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

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous