Conduct is wise or foolish only in reference to its results.

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do something to love, and something to hope for.

Icannot divine how it happens that the man who knows the least is the mostargumentative.

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...

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

Self-trust is the first secret of success.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

Themost dramatic conflicts are perhaps, those that take place not between menbut between a man and himselfwhere the arena of conflict is a solitary mind.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

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

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.