The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

The hardeststep is over the threshold.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

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...

Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time.

It's notthe size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.