Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

A teacher as a person is more important than a teacher as a technician. What he is has more effect than anything he does.

Malicedrinketh its own poison.

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...

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.

The hearthas arguments with which the logic of mind is not acquainted.

He who gainsa victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himselfis all powerful.

Onelearns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

Expreince never helps us avoid doing something foolish; it merely prevents us from enjoying it.

He is poor indeed that can promise nothing.

COURAGE IS THE FLEEING FORWARD.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.