Friendships begin with liking or gratitude-roots that can be pulled up.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

We do not err because the truth is difficult to see. We err because this is more comfortable

Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

Forbidden fruit can get us into a real jam.

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

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

Step after step the ladder is ascended

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers.