The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.

A foolshows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

It doesnot do to leave a Dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannothurt you.

Some people suffer in silence louder than others

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...

Itmatters not whether you win or lose; what matters is whether I win or lose.

Imagination grows by excercise and in more powerful in the mature rather than in the young.

Trust only movement. Life happens at the level of events, notof words. Trust movement.

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

When regard for truth has been broken down or evenslightly weakened, all things will remain doubtful.