The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

When your work speaks for itself,don't interrupt.

Ifyou wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, 'You are wrong.' Thismethod works every time.

An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

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

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…

You can't unscramble an egg.

Thereis all the difference in the world between having something to say and havingto say something.

No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

Asingle conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.

Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.