Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Can we do good to the world? In an absolute sense, no; in a relative sense, yes.

In all superstitions wise men follow fools.

As longas you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down,so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.

You andyour spouse should consider the arguments you have, not as calamities in thehistory of your child’sdevelopment, but as opportunities for learning. Take the opportunity to teachyour children the art ofand value in negotiation, and to demonstrate you

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

Life only demands from you the strength you posses

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

You've gotto know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em know, when to walk away, knowwhen to run.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.