The comforter's head never aches.

Men are cruel, but man is kind.

To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

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…

Talent alonewon't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the righttime, unless you are ready. The most important question is: 'Are you ready?'

Kindwords can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.

It is atrick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed,or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

To live is, in itself, avalue judgement. To breathe is to judge.

Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.

By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

A perfect method for adding drama to life is to wait untilthe deadline looms large.