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

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.

Man show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable.

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth.

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

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

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

Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.

People whoare too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successful andfeel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation, or between extrinsicand intrinsic motivation...

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

Ourlives are not dependent on whether or not we have conflict. It is what we dowith conflict that makes the difference.