When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

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...

Grantgraciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannotconquer.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

Anyone whoconducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence,just his memory.

Theonly difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is the way inwhich we use them.

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

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.