Reasonguides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false,and passion, good or bad.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Talkingjaw-jaw is always better than war-war.

In lifeprepare for the hard and all you will encounter will be the required or easy.

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Happiness is the wondrous commodity, the more your give; the more you have.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Onceyou consent to some concession, you can never cancel it and put things backthe way they are.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou