Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom

We owealmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

The onesure way to conciliate a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured.

It'sthe repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that beliefbecomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.

Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.

Changemeans movement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.

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...

Nothing is a permanent except change.

Reformers are those who educate people to appreciate the things they need.