If you ain'tnever pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

Passionsare generally roused by great conflicts.

Communicationis not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. Ilove it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords andharmonies.

Conflictbuilds character. Crisis defines it.

Kind wordscan be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Words are like spears: Once they leave your lips they can never come back.

Letevery eye negotiate for itself, and trust no agent.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

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