Democracy is the art of disciplining onself, so that one need not be disciplined by others.

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

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

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold himdown, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.

I said to the almond tree, ‘'Friend, speak to me of God,’' and the almond treeblossomed.

Muchtalking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune.The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, flyfreely about.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

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