Status symbols are medals you buy yourself

There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.

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…

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

In themiddle of every difficulty lies opportunity.

Everyoneis wise until he speaks.

A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

Wecannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, andrepetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of thesituation.

You only have power over people so long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything he's nolonger in your power he's free again.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.