Education is the ability to listen to almost everything without losing your temper or self-confidence.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrputs the many.

Thedeepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

Buying ischeaper than asking.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

Unless aman has trained himself for his chance, the chance will only make him lookridiculous.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

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…

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.