A rumor goes in one ear and out many mouths.

If your desires be endless, your cares and fears will be so too.

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

Neverforget the power of silence, that massively disconcerting pause which goes onand on and may at last induce an opponent to babble and backtrack nervously.

Goodcommunication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleepafter.

All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candour

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…

Sciencecannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame thedebates about those conflicts.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

Don'tcut off your nose to spite your face.