Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

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...

Life has become a struggle between keeping your weight down and you spirits up.

Only freemen can negotiate. Prisoners cannot enter into contracts. Your freedom andmine cannot be separated.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fire actions than in the non-preformance of base ones.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

Silenceis the mother of truth.

Loving without dreaming is like going to Venice without riding in a gondola

Win/winis an attitude, not an outcome.

Thedirect use of force is such a poor solution to any problem,it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.

The ruler proclaims the good news himself; he sends the servants out to announce the bad news.

Everyone speaks well of his heart, but no one dares to say it of his dead.