A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

Opportunists take now for an answer.

No one was ever really taught by another; each of us has to teach himself.

Youcan't shake hands with a clenched fist.

He who hurriescannot walk with dignity.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principal one was tht they escaped teething.

It is easier to be brave from a safe distance.

Undernormal conditions, most people tend to see what they want to see, hear what theywant to hear, and do what they want to do; in conflicts, their positionsbecome even more rigid and fixed.

Thoroughnesscharacterizes all successful men. Genius is the art of taking infinite pains.All great achievement has been characterized by extreme care, infinitepainstaking, even to the minutest detail.

Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Manmust evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge,aggression, and retaliation.