Truth is strengthened by observation and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainity.

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…

The wicked are not always clever, nor are dictators always right.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Conflict is neither good nor bad. Properly managed, it is absolutely vital.

Never[enter] into dispute or argument with another. I never yet saw an instance ofone of two disputants convincing the other by argument. I have seen many ontheir getting warm, becoming rude and shooting one another.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.

Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

The tormentof human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledge that theself is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’ leaking away in lonely,wasteful self-conflict.

If youcould kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, youwouldn't sit for a month.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:

Hold a true friend with both your hands.