Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Talkingcomes by nature, silence by wisdom.

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Power can be taken, but not given. The process of thetaking is empowerment in itself.

A room without books is a body without soul

Neverdoubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change theworld. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

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

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

The summit of happiness is reached when a person is ready to be what he is.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.