Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

Youcan't stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come toyou. You have to go to them sometimes.

If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

A book, tight shut, is but a block of paper.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

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...

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

If anenemy is annoying you by playing well, consider adopting his strategy.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Dealwith the faults of others as gently as with your own.

A good listeneris not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.