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

Our power is in our ability to decide.

Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with keener fangs that freedom never endangered.

Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.

Commitmentin the face of conflict produces character.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

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...

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

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.

I think we may safely trust a good deal more than we do.