Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

There may be said to be two classes of people in the world: those who constantly divide the people of the world into two classes and those who do not.

Nevermiss a good chance to shut up.

We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.

Listening,not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

Humoris the affectionate communication of insight.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Humality is a strange thing. The minute you think you've got it, you've lost it.

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