The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

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

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…

Living is the art of getting used to what we did'nt expect.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

Becausewe focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.