Wisdomis what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Little things console us because little things afflict us.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want totest a man's character, give him power.

People loan their trust, they don't give it.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.

Don't consideryour reputation and you may do anything you like.

Knowlege is two-fold, and consists not only an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is faise

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

Creation is only the projection into form of that which already exists.

A man's ruin lies in his tongue.

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...