The great despisers are the greater reverers.

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

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…

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Being virtuous is no feat once temptation ceases.

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.

A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.

To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

It isgreed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

Freedom is not caprice, but room to enlarge

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.