In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

The spokenword belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

Whetherit's the best of times or the worst of times, it's the only time we've got.

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…

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Most ofour so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

Snap judgment has a way of becoming unfastened.