Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

Thereis no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate whata thing is worth to 'you.'

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...

Theconventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking.

No man everdid a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater tohimself .

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

Untrained intelligence is as much of use as a bottle without an opener.

Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.

If Ihad six hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first hour sharpening the ax.

The mostimportant things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.

Civilization, in a sly way, is a suspicion that the other fellow may be right.