Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

All thingsat first appear difficult.

Compromise,n. Such an adjustment of conflicting interests as gives each adversary thesatisfaction of thinking he has got what he ought not to have, and isdeprived of nothing except what was justly his due.

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...

Kindness it is that bring forth kindness.

Silenceis the ultimate weapon of power.

People who do not believe in miracles are not realist.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

Past time is only eviil at a distance.

Tranquility will roof a house, but discord can wear away the foundation of a city.