Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

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

It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.

No matter how much cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens.

The art of life is the avoiding of pain.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to