To be simple is the best thing in the world; to be modest is the next best thing. I am not so sure about being quiet.

Science has promised us truth. It has never promised us either peace or happiness.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Mensucceed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for theirvictories.

Whilewe consider when to begin, it becomes too late.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

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...

Finance is the art of passing currency from hand to hand until it finally disappears.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

He who truly knows has no occasion to shout