Commonsense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Theloftier the building the deeper the foundation must be.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

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

The great despisers are the greater reverers.

The mostintense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calmthat is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and theirconflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.