Folly is perennial and yet the human race has survived

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…

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

Trust exists; only lies are invented.

Useful manual labour, intelligently performed is the means per excellence for developing the intellect.

If youcan make a man laugh, you can make him think and make him like and believeyou.

We arethe prisoners of ideas.

Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Embracingconflict can become a joy when we know that irritation and frustration canlead to growth and fascination.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

When you choose the lesses of two evils always remember there is still an evil.

Alwaysforgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them so much.