You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not what is running insideyou.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

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...

Peopledo not seem to talk for the sake of expressing their opinions, but tomaintain an opinion for the sake of talking.

I have learned through bitter experience the one supremelesson to conserve my anger, and as heat conserved is transmitted intoenergy, even so our anger controlled can be transmitted into a power that canmove the world.

The louder the talked of his honour, the faster we counted our spoons.

The talker will lead the dog to the meat market.

Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.

Only the educated are free.