It isimpossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

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

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

It'sgood to shut up sometimes.

Get someone else to blow your horn and the sound will carry twice as far.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

Hatred does not not cease by hatred; but only by rule; this is the eternal rule.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.