One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

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

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

Every village has to become a self-sufficient republic.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Knowingthat everything's futile but still fighting, still raging against the dying ofthe light that's what motivates me all the time ... If you hold that sense offutility in your head for too long, it can begin to eat into you. You canstill be aware of it

Afanatic is a person who can’t change his mind and won’t change.

Youdon't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there. Anonymous Agood deal is a state of mind.