Ignorancedoesn't kill you, but it does make you sweat a lot.

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…

The ability to speak eloquently is not to be confused with having something tosay.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

True youth is a quality which is acquired only with age.

Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.

In history, characters and events occur twice, first as tragedy then as farce.

Patience is the art of hoping.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.

We ownalmost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who havediffered.

If necessityis the mother of invention, conflict is its father.