A gem is not polished without rubbing, nor is a man perfected without trials.

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

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fateand captain of your soul.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

To be spiritual is not to reject reason but to go beyond it.

Nobody everforgets where he buried the hatchet.

Makesure you leave some fat for the other side.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

If I giveyou an egg, and you give me an egg, we will each have one egg.