The great despisers are the greater reverers.

A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talkerwith a sore throat.

Life is like a mirror. smile at it, and it is charming; frown at it, and it becomes sinister.

Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper upbringing, a sound set of values.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

Do not tell me the problem is a difficult one. If it were not difficult, it would not be a problem

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.

There is no evil in the atoms, only in men's souls.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…