Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for to them everything is possible.

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...

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

Kindwords do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

Mirrors should be able to think before reflecting the images.

The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.