The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Knowledge is of two kinds, we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can get information upon it.

There is no evil in the atoms, only in men's souls.

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...

The sun, though it passes through dirty places, yet remains as pure as before.

Ittakes nine months to have a baby, no matter how many people you put on thejob.

A fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

Thefreedom of the city is not negotiable. We cannot negotiate with those whosay, What’s mine is mine and what’s yours is negotiable.

Thego-between wears out a thousand sandals.

The aimof argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

Reasonand emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between twoopposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifestsitself in the form of a feeling.