It is a lesson which all history teaches wise men, to puttrust in ideas, and not in circumstances.

When a man meets his mates society begins.

Thepast is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets andre-explains what has happened.

When aman says that he approves something in principle, it means he hasn't theslightest intention of putting it in practice.

The art of writing is the art of restraint.

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

It is a good reader that makes a good book.

The most successful man in the life is the man who has the best information.

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…

One ofthe lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and alwaysa clever thing to say.

The repetition in nature may not be a mere recurrence. It may e a theatrical "encore"

Insteadof suppressing conflicts, specific channels could be created to make thisconflict explicit, and specific methods could be set up by which the conflictis resolved.