Badplanning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

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...

Twobirds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.

I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure yourealize that what you heard isn't what I meant.

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

Voilence is a Just when kindness is vain

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

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.

Frustration is commonly the difference between what you would like to be and what you are willing to become what you would like to be.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.