To startblindly with a statement is a sign of arrogance and narrow-mindedness, andwill lead to conflict. To start blindly with a question is a sign ofuncertainty and honesty, and will lead to wisdom.

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...

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everyting... they just make the most of everything that comes along their way...

All creeds and opinions are nothing but the result of chance and temperament.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

Silenceis as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unshown marble of greatsculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; Easy to govern, but impossible to enslave

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

A man sits as many risks as he runs.

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your freind.