No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

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

Onlywhen all contribute their firewood can they build up a strong fire.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

Suffer fools gladly, they might be right.

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since atleast half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

I haveoften regretted my speech, never my silence.

The bad gardener quarrels with his rake.