All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshownmarble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones andlittle ones into none at all.

A half-truth won for ourselves is worth more than a whole truth learned from others.

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

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.