There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

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...

When work is pleasure, life is joy.

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

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

Liberation is not deliverance.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.