Speechis human, silence

Speechis human, silence
Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.
  

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Everything has been thought of before, but the difficulty is to think of it again
We think too small. Like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.
If anenemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.
A round egg can be made square according to how you cut it; words would be harsh according to how you speak them.
A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.
You canobserve a lot by just watching.
The Pursuit of perfection is the persuit of sweetness and light.
Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerfuland the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.
Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
When the defects of others are percieved with so much clarity, it is because one possesses with oneself.
Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.
Onecomes to believe whatever one repeats to oneself sufficiently often, whetherthe statement be true or false. It comes to be dominating thought in one'smind.