The first duty of love is to listen.

It is not the whip that makes man, but the lure of things that are worthy to be loved.

Most people suspended their judgement till somebody else has expressed his own and then they respect it.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

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

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

Silenceis a true friend that never betrays.

The king goes as far as he may, not as far as he could.