Astupid act entails doing the work twice over.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

He whocannot agree with his enemies is controlled by them.

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.

The last function of reason is to recognize that there is an infinity of things which surpass it.

My fathersaid: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let theother fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for alwaysmaking all the money, you won't have many deals.

Truepeace is not merely the absence of tension: it is the presence of justice.

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.

When your work speaks for itself,don't interrupt.

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...