When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.

Why don'tyou want to do what you know you should do? The reason you don't is thatyou're in conflict with yourself.

If you get to thinking you're a person of some influence,try ordering somebody else's dog around.

Everytime we read, a seed is sown for the future.

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

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

Whohath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.

Work without faith is like at attempt to reach a bottom-less pit.

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

The more faithfully you listen to the voice withhin you, the batter you will hear what is sounding outside.And only he who listens can speak.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.