Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

When youhave to make a choice and you don't make it, that itself is a choice.

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives Ideas have endurance without death.

When makinga decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous toconsider all the pros and cons. In vital matters, however, such as the choiceof a mate or a profession, the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

Speechis human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead; therefore we mustlearn both arts.

Let uswork without disputing. It is the only way to render life tolerable.

Alexander's last wrds: Bury my body, dont build any monument. Kip my hand outside,so dat d wrld knws,who won th wrld had noting in hand wen dyin.

He who is unable to dance says the yard is stony.

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...

Themore adaptability exists for a given kind of decision, the less risky it isto make plans for the future, and therefore the more likely it is that morepeople will make more plans in such areas.

Eyes are more accurate witness than ears

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.