Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

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

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

Conflictisn't negative, it just is.

Search not a wound too deep lest thou maketh a new one.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

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

There is sweet joy that comes to us that comes to us after sorrow.

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Due to circumstances beyond your control, you are master of your fateand captain of your soul.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.