A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Reason is my philosophy, is only a harmony among irrational impulses.

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...

Thehardest step is over the threshold.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

We own almostall our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

You can't go very far if you don't begin very near.

Thegreatest glory in living lies not in never falling,but in rising every time we fall.