Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognises genius.

Conflictcan be seen as a gift of energy, in which neither sideloses and a new dance is created.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

We arejudged by what we finish, not what we start.

Sweet is pleasure after pain

Don'tstand by the water and long for fish; go home and weave a net.

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

A life makingmistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doingnothing at all.

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…

Any child who has parents who are interested in him and has a house full of books isin't poor.