It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

Thereare two dilemmas that rattle the human skull: How do you hang on to someone whowon't stay? And how do you get rid of someone who won't go?

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

Thepeak efficiency of knowledge and strategy is to make conflict unnecessary.

When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.

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

Everytime we read, a seed is sown for the future.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

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