It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

To start blindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness,and will lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.

All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

Life without the Courage is death for slavery.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

We cannot all be great but we can always attach ourselves to something that is great.

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

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.