Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

The Universe is not only queerer that we imagine, it is queered than we can imagine.

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...

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

You can have power over people as long as you don't takeeverything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he'sno longer in your power.

I have oftenregretted my speech, never my silence.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

In anyfree society, the conflict between social conformity and individual libertyis permanent, unresolvable, and necessary.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.

Anounce of mediation is worth a pound of arbitration and a ton of litigation!

If you don't know where you're going, you'll end upsomewhere else.