The evolution from happiness to habit is one of death's best weapons.

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

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...

Thewise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.

Nothing is a permanent except change.

It's whenyou're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited: He must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

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.

I liketo listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most peoplenever listen.

As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.