Diseases are Tax on the pleasure.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.

Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with thepurpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

A manneed never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his owndoor.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

Silence, along with modesty, is a great aid to conversation.

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

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…