Ifyou are leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.

He who is overcautious will accomplish little.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Use softwords and hard arguments.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

Genius is a long impatience.

Angels fly, because they take themselves lightly.

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

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

Speak whenyou are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.