Contradictionshould awaken Attention, not Passion.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after while he gets to know something.

Prayer changes things by changing people.

Anyonewho conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

The exercise of power is determined by thousands ofinteractions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, allthe more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyonehas a small part of himself in both.

All bravery stands upon comparisons.

The pessimistsees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunity in everydifficulty.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetitionimpresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.

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...