A fly beforehis own eye is bigger than an elephant in the next field.

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

Genius is a long impatience.

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...

No onewould talk much in society; if he knew how often he misunderstands others.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

Listeningwell is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.