Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.

He that is unkind to his own will not be kind to others.

People say law but they mean wealth.

The merit belongs to begineer; should his successor do even more better.

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...

Consistencyis the hobgoblin of little minds.

The split in you is clear. There is a part of you that knows what it shoulddo, and a part that does what it feels like doing.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Difficultiesare meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong byconflict.

Onlywhen you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard andstrong.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Night is the blotting paper of many sorrows.