A lifemaking mistakes is not only more honorable, butmore useful than a life spent doing nothing at all.

To do what others cannot do is talent. To do what talent cannot do is genius.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

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

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labour

You must remember that all work is simply to bring out the power of the mind which is already there to wake up the soul.

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shake it,the more sour it grows.

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…

Wecould never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion oftrust can make trust.