Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

The past is always dogging our heals, striving ceaselessly to banish the present.

Thosewho are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

No doctor is a good doctor who has never been ill himself.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

Before youbuild a better mousetrap, make sure you have some mice out there.