A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

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…

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

Renown and repose do not go together.

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

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than him.

Poetry is the impish attempt to paint the colour of the wind.

Any man's death diminishes me, because i am involved in mankind; and, therefore, never tend to know for whom the bell tolls. It tolls for thee.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid