We areall faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised asimpossible situations.

Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire isthat which he exercises over himself.

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

Keep a secret; its you slave. Tell it, and it's your master.

Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but bystriking true.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

A room without books is a body without soul

Between friends there is no need of Justice.

A bad word whispered will echo a hundred miles.

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

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