Any man can make mistakes but only an idiot persists in his error.

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…

Whenour knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.

There are three ways of bearing ills of life: by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.

Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, Beautiful old people are works of art.

Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.

An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

You'rein a much better position to talk with people when they approach you thanwhen you approach them.

Words should be scattered like seeds, no matter how small the seed may be, its it has one found favourable ground, it unfolds its strength.

It iswith our brothers and sisters that we learn to love, share, negotiate, startand end fights, hurt others, and save face. The basis of healthy (orunhealthy) connections in adulthood is cast during childhood.

The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar and is shocked by the unexpected; the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.