Soremarkably perverse is the nature of man that he despises those that court himand admires whoever will not bend before him.

The warexisting between the senses and reason.

Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not hethat you wrong but yourself.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

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...

If youare leaning over to starboard to balance the boat against the other guy'spropensity to lean too far to port, both of you are about to get wet.

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

First-rate men employ first-rate men; second-rate men employ third-rate men.

Buyingis cheaper than asking.