Nevercut what you can untie.

Show me a man who cannot bother to do little things andI'll show you a man who cannot be trusted to do big things.

Philosophy begins in wonder. And, at the end, when philosophic thought has done its best, the wonder remains.

The prevalent fear of poverty among the educated classes is the worst moral disease from which our civilization suffers.

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...

A miserand a liar bargain quickly.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

The mostdramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between men butbetween a man and himself where the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

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

Drown not thyself to save a drowning man