Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

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...

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not tomake a mess of life.

Whenyou plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don't blame the lettuce. Youlook for reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water,or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with ourfriends or our family,

Our distrust is very expensive.

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

Theterm up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fasthas no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition, such termshave no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a veryparticular situation... most of our language about the

Civilization has made the peasantry its pack animal.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

Differentfields, different grasshoppers; different seas, different fish.

A happy home is one in which each spouse grants the possiblility that the other may be right, though neither believes it.