Every advantage has its tax

My Strength is made perfect in weakness

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

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...

In thefield of observation, chance favors only theprepared minds.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are veryhard, very liable to be broken.

Love is the noblest frailty of the of the mind

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

The flowers of life are but illusions. How many fade away and leave no trace; how few yield any fruit and the fruit itself how rarely does it ripen!

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.