To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.

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

This dualityhas been reflected in classical as well as modern literature as reason versuspassion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’ mind andthe ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of our lives when ourverbal-intellect sugges

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

The majority of mankind always has been and always will be composed of imbeciles.

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...

Neveranswer a letter while you are angry.

Health and Cheerfulness mutually begets each other.

Failingto plan is planning to fail.

In oneof our concert grand pianos, 243 taut strings exert a pull of 40,000 poundson an iron frame. It is proof that out of great tension may come greatharmony.

It isthe acid test of nonviolence that in a nonviolent conflict there is no rancorleft behind, and in the end the enemies are converted into friends.

Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily basedon mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts ofjustice and police.