Whenyou cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of actionyou should take choose the bolder.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

Every man has enough power left to carry out that of whichhe is convinced.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

Humoris the affectionate communication of insight.

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Life cannot go on without much forgetting.

We donot have to agree; we do need to understand.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Kindness is never wasted. If it has no effect on the recepient, at least it benefits the bestower.