Luck iswhat happens when preparation meets opportunity.

Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important

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...

Nevercut what you can untie.

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.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers most from its own limitations.

All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

It is easier to discover deficiencies in indivuduals, states and providence than to see their real import and value.

History repeats itself. that's one of the things wrong with history

Power, however it has evolved, whatever its origins, willnot be given up without a struggle.