Aclosed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood.

Don'tconsider your reputation and you may do anything you like.

Whenelephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.

Fanaticism is the false fire of an overheated mind.

To copy is to put an end to creativeness. Unless there is originality, you can do nothing.

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier tobe sometimes cheated than not to trust.

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supportingyou; but if not, you have infinite power against you.

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

The directuse of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employedonly by small children and large nations.

Speech is of time; silence is of eternity.

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

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...