There'sno need to fear the wind if your haystacks are tied down.

The greatest humiliation in life is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get.

WheneverI hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

Prejudice is a disease characterised by hardening of categories.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

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...

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

Take yourlife into your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing, no one toblame.

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

Don't beafraid of opposition. Remember, a kite rises against, not with, the wind.