Democracy will break under the strain of apronstrings. It can exist only on trust.

A mistake in judgement isn't fatal, but too much anxiety about judgement is.

Even a fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.

In art, as in love, instinct is enogh.

A hero is no braver than anyone else; he is only brave minutes longer

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.

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...

COURAGE IS THE FLEEING FORWARD.