We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

Tofight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supremeexcellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.

Personal appearance is looking the best you can for the money.

Like aball batted back and forth, a human being is batted by two forces within.

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...

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of wonder.

The power to do good is also the power to do harm.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

It'swhen you're safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you'rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

Ideal society is a drama enacted exclusively in the imagination