Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

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...

Nevermistake silence for agreement.

Thereis nothing more likely to start disagreement among people or countries thanan agreement.

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Only hethat has traveled the road knows where the holesare deep.

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

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

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

Youcannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

Comedy is an escape, not from the truth but from despair; a narrow escape into faith.