Younever really understand a person until you consider things from his point ofview.

Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons. WE can only record its moods and chronicle their return.

Beautifullight is born of darkness, so the faith that springs from conflict is oftenthe strongest and the best.

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Concentration of wealth will never be a problem as long as we have those three great institutions for redistributing it: Taxes, wives, offspring.

Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

The function of genius is to furnish cretins with ideas twenty year later.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.