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

If youare standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Love arrives on tiptoe and bangs the door when it leaves.

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

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

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,

Thereis no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the endfrom the beginning.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

Superioty and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.

Sacrificers are not the ones to pity. The ones to pity are those they sacrifice.