A newbroom sweeps clean, but an old broom knows the corners.

You canoutdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

Thefibers of all things have their tension and are strained like the strings ofan instrument.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

It isdifficult to negotiate where neither will trust.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

Keep inmind that the better you understand what you want and why you want it, thebetter your chances will be of acquiring it.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

Icannot give you a formula for success, but I can give you the formula forfailure: Try to please everyone.