You can not help men permanantly by doing for them what they could do for themselves

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

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...

A caricature is always ture only for an instant.

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

Love is an act of faith and whoever is of little faith is also of little love.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

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

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.